Daily Republican., 1887-08-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
Indians Allowed to vote-Fsid oiss
IN Jsil--susYering for Rain I'm Ohio
insane Hospital burned.

Indians Allowed to votc-Rid ieSerger
IN Jsil-suHering for Rain I'm Ohio
Insans Hospital burned.
Last month A. P. Holbrook, q catizen
OF NiobSsrA, Nebraska, teleRraphod to
the Indian Office, asking that ssent
Hill, Of the Santee Indian Agency, Me-
brasks, be instructed TO prevent the
Sontee Indians from voting ut an ehcc-
tion to be held to-day, to determine the
location of the county seat. Acting
Indian Comm issioner Upshaw has r.
piled that the Indians are titled to all
tt o privileges and immunities of citf.
zens of the United States, and that the
privilege must not be interfered with.
A special despatch to the Baltimore
Sun from WoOdstock, Virginia, says.
UNITED States Senator Ridi leberger
was this Gay committed to jail and
fined S25 by Judge Newman for con
tempt Of court. A placard was paraded
on the street rejecting on the Judge in
case in which Senator Riddleberger
was interested. Partisan feeling runs
high, and there may bs trouble later"
A despatch from Toledo, Ohio, says
the only rain that has fallen for nearly
| two months in that immediate vicinity
was light shower or two on Wednet.
day, but not sufficient In quantity to re
.ieve the drouih to any great degree.
Crops are suffering greatly all over
northeastern Ohio, though not TO such
an extent % further westward.
The barn and contents, live stock,
machinery, ETC., belonging to the Men
dota rofane Hospital, at Madison, Wis-
consin, were burned on Thursday, caus-
ing loss of $40, 900, with no insurance.
The roof OF the hospital was on fire at
one time, and the 500 panic stricken In.
mates were marshalled In the halls,
preparatory to leaving the building.
II WoYkmen on the North western Road, ],
nsar Norway. Michigan, on Thursday
completed new water tank and filed
1t wish water for test. While they
were standing near by the timbers sud.
denly gave way and the structure col
lapsed. Six men were killed, six seri-
ously and number slightly injured.
Reports from many points in Illinois
Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, lows
and Minnesota indicate that rains fel
generally IN the North west Wednesds ,
night and Thursday, giving fresh lif'
to crops and aiding the people In check
ing the prairie and forest fires which
! have been raging.
A despatch from Staunton, Virginia
, says George W. S~oope, q prominent
citizen of the county, died on Friday
from the effects OF poison. A prescrip
tion prepared for external use was use(
internally.
The Treasury Dspartme mt has author
lied free entry at New York of o cas-
. OF paiutines intended fer King Kals
kama, Of Hawaii. Upon arrival 1t viii
> be shipped direct to Honolulu.
/. The steamship Elder, which arrived
= at New York Friday from Bremen, re
4 ports having passed the Scotch zach
4 Thistle on Wednesday night at o'clock
o all well.
, The import of dry goods at the por
OF New York last week amounted T.
%, ,185 997. OF which So, ,592, ,889 were en-
10 tered for consumption and $685.. 108 wer
,f wArehoused.
70 General Sheridan Friday iuspeo ots
y and reviewed the National Guard {
2. Pennsylvania &C the encampment 8
III Mt. Gretua. This virtually ends ii
encam mpment.
:. The values o: exports Of beef, For
~ and dairy products for the month en-,
o. ing july 81, 1887, were IS b77, A
ol oI asalnst s7.7O7 OSS for the correspondent
:. period last j ear.
- Applications were received yesterds
for the prepayment of interest o
NJ bonds amounting to Sl8.769,760, MAX
a the total to date S3S ,003, 300.
re General John @. Black Commission
8, OF Pensions. will address the Gran
Army meeting to be held in Brookly
on the 18th inst.
The fsst bale of new cotton was r
It, ceived at Charleston. South UaroliI
ne yesterday, from Barnell County.
oi Six new cases of yellow fever we
reported at Key West yesterday. Thei
were no deaths.
y, Natural gas has been discovered
~ Chattanooga, Tennessee.